Chapter 261: Marines

Liu Jun had moved to the new flagship of the Spanish galleon renamed the Fubo, and many Spaniards who surrendered chose to work for Liu Jun in exchange for the safety of their lives and property.

The original crew and sailors of the Fubo have basically returned, and the ship originally had thirty officers, eighty sailors, eighty cadet sailors, fifty miscellaneous officers, and more than a hundred gunners. On the deck of the ship, there was also a company of 300 soldiers, not counting the commander who commanded the fleet, and the officers who accompanied the fleet, as well as the merchants, civilians, and soldiers who were on board.

This ship had eighty-four guns.

In addition to the commander, the tax collector, the chaplain and the surgeon, and a small number of professionals, the original Spanish sailors on the Fubo were roughly divided into four categories: full-time seamen, trainee seamen, junior seamen, and gunners.

Those positions without military rank are collectively referred to as mechanics, including carpenters, divers, repairmen, seamers, and trumpeters. Among these crews, the gunners usually considered themselves superior sailors, who maintained the guns strictly according to the rules and operated them in battle, and were also responsible for an unprofessional sailor.

The trainee sailors had been on board since their teens to learn their skills at sea, and by the time they became full-time sailors, they were already very experienced. However, before becoming full-time sailors, the officers and relatives of these ships, or the trainee sailors from the vagrant children, had to take over all the work of the servants, wipe the tables and wash the decks, assist the sailors, and be arranged by the full-time sailors, and also be responsible for night shifts to ensure that the ship could sail at night.

The soldiers on the ship had their own organization, and all the soldiers in the fleet were under the command of the commander-in-chief. The ship's infantry had the same organizational structure as the Spanish Army. An army commander in charge of soldier training and accommodation assists the captain in command duties, and the non-commissioned officer is responsible for managing some of the soldiers' daily activities.

Similar to the formation of an army "platoon", every 25 soldiers are divided into a squadron with a non-commissioned officer as the squadron leader. Like seafarers, soldiers are graded according to their experience, with experienced veterans receiving the most lucrative salaries. This includes a standard-bearer, two drummers, and a bagpiper, and arquebusiers will be treated a little better than the other soldiers.

The soldiers on the ship of Galen, half armed with spears and half armed with muskets.

The eighty-four cannons on the Galen ship were placed on a very practical four-wheeled gun carriage, which used pulleys, which was very effective.

The ship had a large number of guns, each cannon was manned by a gunner, and was assisted by a sailor and a midshipman in the engagement. The ship's company of soldiers was not in charge of the artillery. They are mainly responsible for broadside operations.

In battle, the infantry stood in their own position and carried out orders. Led by the squadron leader, one of the most experienced squadrons was assigned to the forward building, while several other squadrons focused on the midship, aft deck, and stern. If there are enough men, they will also arrange for a reserve team to stay below deck for broadside operations.

At each portage, the muskets of the soldiers were to be fired first, and the musketeers were divided into two teams. One group of soldiers fired at the side of the ship, and the other retreated to the back to concentrate loading.

Soldiers armed with melee weapons were concentrated on the other side of the deck. As soon as the order to attack is given, the soldiers preparing to attack will concentrate in the front building and conduct hand-to-hand combat according to the usual training.

Liu Jun sighed after carefully looking at the personnel on the Fubo and their traditional combat methods. It is worthy of being the former overlord of the seas. Even though it is now gradually declining, the Spanish warships are still extremely powerful, and the cooperation between sailors and marines on their warships is also extremely mature.

Liu Jun could even see that these people were more powerful than the Zheng family's crew.

"Treat these Spanish sailors and soldiers well, and learn their skills." Liu Jun gave a special explanation to his subordinates. Don't treat these people as captives, but as teachers.

Nearly half of the captives eventually became Liu Jun's mercenaries, and the remaining half were officials like Potiro, while others were women, girls, children, or servants.

"Master Hou, what are you going to do with these people?" Xiong Wencan asked. This time, Liu Jun seized the chicken coop port and seized a large amount of money, grain and goods, after Liu Jun got the battleships, ships and artillery weapons, he didn't really forget Zheng Zhilong Xiong Wencan, and finally handed over all the goods to Zheng Zhilong, and then Zheng Zhilong converted them into silver and divided them into four, Zheng Jia, Liu Jun and Xiong Wencan each had one share, and left a large share for the emperor.

Although Xiong Wencan's one is not as much as Liu Jun and Zheng Zhilong, it is also worth tens of thousands of taels.

Liu Jun has the most abundant income, his share has more than 200,000 taels, and there are many gold and silver that he has to enjoy alone.

For Potiro and the others, Liu Jun thought for a while and said, "Potiro and other officials will be taken away with the army, and the rest of the women and children will stay here for the time being." We'll have to leave some troops here and continue to control the castle and the harbor. It will be handed over to Admiral Zheng to take over, and it can be used as a trade entrepot between the Ming Dynasty and Japan in the future. ”

The Ming Dynasty and Japan had a hostile relationship, and even if the imperial court was willing to lift the sea ban, it would definitely not open up trade with Japan, so that there would be a third-party transit for trade between Japan and China, and Taiwan was a very suitable transit port. The Zheng family occupied this place, received the goods on both sides, resold them to the two countries, and reaped the profits.

When Zheng Zhilong heard this arrangement, he agreed with a smile.

"Thank you, Master Hou." Then he stretched out a slap to Liu Jun with Xiong Wencan on his back, Liu Jun shook his head, Zheng Zhilong compared a six, and Liu Jun stretched out two fingers to him.

"In the future, this place will be handed over to Admiral Zheng, and even when we lay down the big staff, the Admiral will be in charge there. Ben Hou still has to go back after the southeast military affairs, and he can't get too involved in this matter. ”

Zheng Zhilong hurriedly said, "Don't worry about Hou Ye here, just let me be responsible, in the future, the trade with Japan, Hou Ye will take 30% every year, you don't have to shirk anymore." ”

At this time, Liu Jun was already planning to leave and continue to sail south. Taiwan's Spaniards are extremely weak, and Liu Jun's main opponent this time is the Dutch.

But before we go, there are some things that need to be arranged.

Since the new governor of Taiwan first went to Fujian by land, Liu Jun, the envoy, ordered people to be sent to the indigenous villages and communities in northern Taiwan to convey the latest situation. It was announced that the Ming Dynasty had recovered Taiwan, and later set up an official garrison here to let the leaders of the villages and communities come to discuss matters.

In order to show goodwill, Liu Jun asked the soldiers who went to give orders to bring a lot of greeting gifts to each village community, as well as letters of appointment to the elders of each village community.

Liu Jun appointed these elders as officials. Ten households are set up as a chief, and 100 households are guaranteed, and a chief is set up. Each village has a village head, and each village has a president, and these natives are also allowed to form a township corps and a civil defense regiment. All these local officials will have a salary, and in addition, each village community has a certain number of township soldiers and militias, and after these indigenous soldiers are compiled into the roster, they will also have a certain salary.

After receiving Liu Jun's gift. At the same time, the people of the indigenous villages also learned of the arrival of the huge fleet of the Ming official army, as well as the shocking news that the Spaniards had been seized by the castle and the men and horses were captured. I heard that tens of thousands of troops of the Ming Dynasty landed and replaced the Spaniards, and now the marquis of the Ming Dynasty wants to invite the elders of the villages to discuss the matter, give them official gifts, and basically all the villages and communities have come.

A few days later, there were more than 100 Basai societies, mainly the three major societies of Jinminli Society, Big Chicken Coop Society, and Sanmink Society. and more than 1,000 indigenous Tibetans from nearly 200 villages and communities, including the Damayan Society, the Arrival of the American Jian Society, and the Qilidan Society, which still retain more than 70 matrilineal clans.

Liu Jun made people warmly entertain these people, and constantly sent people to promote the Ming Dynasty to them. And the Ming Dynasty is going to establish Keelung Mansion here, send officials to garrison and so on.

Every Tibetan who arrives will be warmly greeted by the officers and soldiers, who will lead them to register, register their village and community station, population number, etc., and then give each person a large gift package including cloth, salt, books, and silver. Then introduce them to the tent area that has been set up in advance, and arrange accommodation for them.

At the same time, while waiting for more Tibetan people to come, Liu Jun also set aside a large area as a trading area, so that those who came from various tribes and villages could trade. Sell the local goods they bring and buy them for other goods.

Liu Jun also specially sent many soldiers to stand guard and set up an arbitration office to maintain law and order and resolve disputes.

In fact, many people came because they had received gifts, but they did not pay off because they were ready to take the opportunity to come and do business. The Kamarans, in particular, were at war with them many times when the Spanish occupied northern Taiwan. Upon learning that the Spanish castle had been seized, they were invited.

After many days, the conference was finally convened.

Liu Jun didn't say much nonsense, but took a lot of practical actions to bring these things into the control of the imperial court.

Liu Jun canonized the leaders of the tribes and villages, and officially granted them the right to govern that belonged to them through the hands of the imperial court, so that they could govern on behalf of the imperial court.

Liu Jun also agreed with the leaders and elders of the village communities of various tribes that the imperial court would send teachers and doctors to the villages and communities in the future, set up schools and medical centers, and help their children study and treat their diseases. In addition, a shop will be set up in each village to be responsible for purchasing all kinds of goods and local products of each village community, and at the same time, some commodities such as salt, cloth, and medicine will be directly transported from the port to the shops of each village community to facilitate their trading.

This kind of convenience and benefit, which is indeed visible, has dispelled the vigilance of those leaders and elders. And Liu Junken sent warmth like this, naturally in order to go deep into the villages of various ethnic groups and grasp their refreshing virtual and real details. Liu Jun also asked each village community to set up a baojia and a township militia group, so that they could go to Jilonggang for training every year during their free time.

In addition, Liu Jun also took out money and grain, and asked the tribes and villages to contribute manpower to prepare for the construction of a road between Jilong Port and Tamsui City to the tribes.

Of course, the most important thing at this conference is the organization of households. After the boundaries of the villages and communities of each tribe are agreed, the boundaries of the villages and communities of each tribe are demarcated, and the signatures of all ethnic groups are signed, and then the population of each village and community is registered, and the local officials are appointed and the township soldiers are organized.

In this way, these indigenous people, even if they are the official household Qi people of the Ming Dynasty, are the real people of the Ming Dynasty, not the wild people.

"Is it necessary to be so troublesome?" Xiong Wencan said, "It's just a group of savages. ”

Liu Jun shook his head and said, "If we just want to build a temporary commercial port here like the Spaniards, then it doesn't matter what we do." But if we want to bring Taiwan into the actual rule of the Ming Empire, then we naturally have to get along with these Tibetan people, especially if we have to immigrate here to Tuntian in the future, we need to have a good relationship with them in advance. ”

"What's more, it is also beneficial for us to do this, Taiwan is not a desert island, but a treasure island. There are still many Tibetan people in Taiwan, who produce gold, sulfur, deer skin, etc., and there are more than 200 villages and communities invited to this time alone, with a population of no less than 100,000. And population, in itself, is a lot of wealth. ”

This time, Liu Jun set up Keelung Prefecture in northern Taiwan, with Jilong Port as the center, and it consists of three counties: Tamsui, Keelung, and Yilan, and there are a total of 15 townships under the three counties.

After the conference, Liu Jun left a battalion to garrison the two former Spanish cities renamed Keelung and Tamsui, and asked them to continue to strengthen the port fortifications, while Zheng Zhilong also left 500 men to garrison, where they would wait for the imperial court to send civil officials to serve as local officials.

After replenishing fresh water, food, gunpowder, etc., Liu Jun left more than 1,000 Spaniards to be guarded by the soldiers and horses left behind, and then officially set sail and left the port.

The fleet continued southward and headed towards Penghu.

At this time, Tainan, that is, the stronghold of the Dutch, was the city of Rejialan on Dayuan Island.

The Dutch governor of Taiwan, Debaul, already knew that the Ming sent a fleet to attack northern Taiwan, and had already captured the fortress stronghold of the Spaniards, and the Spaniards had surrendered without a fight.

It is said that the Ming fleet, which attacked northern Taiwan, numbered more than 300 ships, and they went from the north to the south, and their strength was strong.

When he learned that Zheng Zhilong, who had defeated them twice, also led a warship in that fleet, and that fleet was still led by a Ming emperor, Yizi, Debaul was extremely shocked.

"Now the meeting of the adults!"

After the Dutch occupied Tainan, they took the Dayuan as the center, and the highest governor was the Dayuan Chief, and controlled the supreme administration of Taiwan. The Dutch held regular meetings of the Officers, whose members were the East India Company's senior staff, senior officers, and chaired by the Governor of Taiwan.

At the impromptu meeting of the officers, Debaul briefed everyone on the latest military situation.

"Let's talk about it, how to deal with it?"

"What's there to discuss, just fight. If the Enlightenment thinks that we are as weak as Spain, then we will let them taste our strength. ”

The Dutch East India Company sent a military officer, Paul Brown. Duradinius slapped the table and shouted, "Nicholas turned out to be just one of our interpreters, and he won us once or twice by luck, and he really thought he was better than us." It's just a fluke to win once or twice at sea, and he still wants to attack the big man, does he think that the fortress fortress of our big man is for the sake of watching? ”

"And our fleet, just after the defeat in the last battle with Zheng Yiguan, Batavia transferred another detachment to come, and there are also ten combined fleets nearby that we and the British blockade of the South China Sea, transfer them, we have ten Galen warships, and ten armed merchant ships, plus more than fifty light fast ships. Nikolai dared to come, just looking for death! (To be continued......)

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